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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced the Pandemic Internet Access Program Pilot for ICANN69, following the ICANN Board's <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2020-08-27-en"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">resolution</span></a> in
support of the pilot program. To facilitate participation during the remote Public Meeting, the pilot program offers community members who have limited Internet capacity financial assistance to increase their Internet bandwidth during ICANN69<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">Please read the full announcement at
</span><a href="https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-08-31-en">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2020-08-31-en</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Yaovi Atohoun<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Stakeholder Engagement and Operations Manager- Africa</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">;
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math",serif">ICANN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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